Securing device for overshoes



(No Model.)

J, L. HEPPERNAN.

SECURING DEVICE FOR OVBRSHOES.

No. 438,923. Patented 0611. 21, 1890.

MT/VESQEZ UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES LOUIS HEFFERNAN, OF NEWOOMB, TENNESSEE.

SECURING DEVICE FOR OVER SHO ES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 438,923, dated October21, 1890.

Application filed February 13, 1890. Serial No. 340,244. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, JAMES LoUIs I-IEFFER- NAN, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Newcomb, in the county of Campbell and State ofTennessee, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in aSecuring Device for Overshoes; and I do hereby declare the following tobe a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it.

appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to certain novel features involved in theconstruction of a securing device for overshoes, which I will describein the following specification and illustrate in the accompanyingdrawings, in which- Figure l is a perspective View of my invention asapplied to use. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the device attached to theovershoe. Fig. 3 is a securing-loop detached from the other parts, andFig. 4 is a sectional View showing the outer and inner plates B and Band the spring which actuates the-axle b.

Referring in detail to the separate parts of my invention, A is thesecuring-loop, which is preferably made of a piece of wire so bent as toconform to the contour of the counter of the shoe proper, while the freeends of the loop thus formed are pivotally secured to the overshoe, aswill be hereinafter described. To each outer side of the overshoe Iattach plates B B, each havinga duplicate B, which is placed directlyopposite its original on the inside of the overshoe. Extending throughthese plates are pivotally secured the movable axles b, the outer endsof which project out sufficiently far to receive the ends of the loop A,which pass through apertures in the outer ends of the said spindles oraxles. These axles are encircled each by a spiral spring S, which isarranged between the outer and inner plates B and B, the inner end ofeach spring being secured to the inner plate B, While its outer end issecured to the axle b, as shown in Fig. 4. These springs are each coiledto the left, and it will be seen that they will act upon the axles so astohave a tendency to throw the loop A down and backward in a positionparallel with the body of the overshoe.

The loop A, as shown in Fig. 3, is provided with a series of small loopsor rings, the lower end of which is for the purpose of forming a pointof attachment for the elastic band I), which is arranged to reachforward and be secured to the overshoe on both sides of the same. Theseelastic bands are sufiiciently strong to overcome the backward tensionof the spiral springs within the plates B B, thereby causing the loop toreach forward and upward over the counter of the shoe proper. It willthus be seen that whenthe loop A is brought backward and downward out ofcontact with the counter of the shoe and on a line parallel with thesole of the overshoe the bands b will pass the center of the axles b b,and when so passed will act in conjunction with the spiral springbetween the plates and will throw the loop downward, as will be readilyunderstood.

The series of rings a a are for the purpose of attaching thereto theelastic band 0., thus enabling the loop to be adjusted to the varyingheights of counters.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is V 1 In a securing device for overshoes, the loopA, provided with a series of rings a and a a, the axles b b, pivotallysecured within the plates B B and actuated by a suitablyarranged springwithin said plates, and the elastic band I), secured to the loopA andthe overshoe, as described.

2. In a securing device for overshoes, the combination of the loop A,provided with a series of rings a and a, the outer and inner plates Band B, the movable axles b, the spiral springs S, arranged as described,the elastic band '12, secured to the loop A and overshoe, and theelastic adjusting-band a", substantially as and for the purpose setforth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAS. LOUIS HEFFERNAN.

Witnesses:

J As. Jos. MARS, ELIAS DOUGLASS.

